The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-03-03

| Ously consider them before voting on this
bill. And want it to be understood now
in the outset hat | am not an enemy tC
! the | lver>lty, but | am a friend of thu
Agricultural College. | want il remem
bered that on this floor two years ago
voted for what | considered a reasonable
and liberal extra appropriation for the
wanted more; they demanded more, and
more was given than | voted for. And
! would hesitate now to reduce that apprO
! prIatiOn until | could see satisfactorily v tC
| my mind that taking this seven thousand
| five hundred dollars away from it would
not cripple or injure 1t.
But, sir why is this proposition for an
| Agricultural a and Mechanical College here
! before MS day? Why this question
! which we have now TO contend with Z 1t
| is forced upon Us by public sentiment; it
| is sent here by he people aud we have got
| To take hold Of it. What is it, sir, that
stands in he way between the people and
! the College of Agriculture and Mechanic
| Arts Gent ltmen. to speak plainly, 1t Is
/ the University of North Carolina Had
! il not been for the Influences emanating
! from that institution for the past two
years we might have had a College of Ag
riculture and Mechanic Arts in good,
reasonable running order by this time.
! 1t is a We'll known fact that the University
! has fought it; and why because they
feared it would weaken the University
because they feared that 1t would lnJure
it 70 the extent of taking away from it
that agricultural department which they
clam 10 have there now. That would not
hurt it; there is no need of it there as it
has been accomplishing but little practi-
cal good. But We want 1t away from
there and established where the people
can reach it and call it theirs.
This matter appears to me 10 resolve it
SELF into TWO plain propositions or que>-
lions: Shall We have an Agricultural and
Mechanical School and shall We appro-
pirate TO it the Land Script fund which
Congress gave IL for II We ought 70
consider this on lrS own merits and let the
matter Of the University come up in some
OIL and that be considered on its merits
! II Is claimed here that the constitution re
gLirr> that agriculture and mechanics be
taught 1t the University: but let u> See
Arllcle 8. section Il. says, ''a> soon is
practicable the General Assembly shall
establish and MAINTAIN III connection With
the University department of Agrlcul-
turr. Mechanics, &c ; but " arS of eXpe-
rlruce aud trial havt proven TO Us that II
is lnpractIcable to maintain ii there. We
have had this seven thousand five hun
dre dollars there annually tor several
years for that purpose and which Was
gwen - man popular education. but
what has it al. unted to The University
has failed To meet the demands Of the
people for an agricultural school What
ha, the use Of thi, fund amounted to for
tHt. past tWo Years What has its largely
Increased appropriation benefited it: EX
anime the catalogue, the reports OF the
bur>ar aud Of the treasurer. and YOU viii
nnd that when the appropriation was IN
creased Two years ago the University had
over Two hundred students. and the Very
tcXt Year there WAS Il falling of Of at
least thirty FIVE from the number on the
roll And instead Of having ulnety-slX
county students there as provided tor 10y
law a. laIi down IN the Code. there are
les than forty there What IS the mat
ter Shall We continue To give the Un
Nrr~ltE twenty seven Thousand i've hun
dred dollars annually IN order 10 maintain